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Identification and Creation

Object Number
1926.32.57
Title
Reproduction of a Minoan Lion Head Rhyton
Classification
Vessels
Work Type
vessel
Date
Early 20th century (reproduction of ca. 1700-1075 BCE original)
Period
Minoan period, Late
Culture
Minoan
Persistent Link
https://hvrd.art/o/291261

Physical Descriptions

Medium
Polychrome plaster

Acquisition and Rights

Credit Line
Harvard Art Museums/Arthur M. Sackler Museum, Gift of Mrs. Schuyler Van Rensselaer
Accession Year
1926
Object Number
1926.32.57
Division
Asian and Mediterranean Art
Contact
am_asianmediterranean@harvard.edu
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Descriptions

Description
Reproduction of original Minoan limestone lion head rhyton. Original was found in the Central Treasury at Knossos, and is now in the Herakleion Archaeological Museum. (HM 44)

For information on the original see Robert B. Koehl, Aegean Bronze Age Rhyta (Philadelphia, 2006), cat. 329, p. 122.

Verification Level

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